Haestad Product Line: New Version Release of StormCAD V8i

We are happy to announce that Bentley StormCAD V8i SELECTseries 3 is now available for download on selectservices.bentley.com (build 08.11.03.77). SELECT subscribers can log in and download the new product directly from Bentley's website. This is a significant release with a number of key new features. Highlights of these features include:

Common file format with other Bentley's sewer and stormwater products:

With SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD's new unified file format, the .stws file replaces the .swg, swc, csd and .stc files. This common file format makes modeling teams’ workflows more efficient, since a model created in any one of these products can now be seamlessly opened and edited in another.

Updated support for MicroStation, AutoCAD and ArcGIS platforms:

You can run StormCAD from within MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 3 and AutoCAD 2012 and 2013 (32- and 64-bit). Note: An AutoCAD license is required to integrate with AutoCAD. If you don't have an AutoCAD license, you can choose to run StormCAD in its stand-alone mode. In addition, in order to integrate with a 64-bit version of AutoCAD, the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office is required.

StormCAD now offers support for interoperability with the latest releases of InRoads, GeoPAK,
LandXML, Bentley MX Drainage, and ProjectWise.

i-model publishing:

StormCAD can now publish i-models (containers for the open exchange of infrastructure information) in 2D or 3D.

Enhanded element type support:

StormCAD now supports ponds as elements. StormCAD has the ability to handle all element types, gravity as well as pressure. StormCAD now supports inlet controlled culverts.

New gutter shapes, v-shaped and parabolic gutters, are now available in StormCAD. A new gutter and cross section catalog referencing is now supported in StormCAD.

Keyword search in property grid:

Users can find the property they want quickly in the property grid using keyword search.

See the What’s New page for more: http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/StormCAD/Whats-new.htm. Additional information one the items above and other new or updated features will be included in a "What's New" TechNote which will be available soon from the Hydraulics and Hydrology TechNotes and FAQs page (http://communities.bentley.com/products/hydraulics___hydrology/w/hydraulics_and_hydrology__wiki/selectsupport-technotes-and-faqs.aspx).

(Note that the SELECTseries 3 release of CivilStorm and SewerCAD will follow soon.)